Brooder



Oct. 12 1926;

J. JENKINS BROODER Filed July 18 1924 I 2 Sheets-13166:v 1

INVENTOR c]6.se (kw/(ens,

' A ATTORNEYS Y wrmFssas Oct. 12 1926.

J; JENKINS BROODER Filed July 1.8, 1924 i; Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORnluaes,

/Eaae ATTORNEYS housing of the brood'er.

Patented Oct. 12, 19 26.

"JESSEIENKINS,I or HIL snA E; INDIANA. V

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My invention is an improvement in brooders, and it consistsin thecombinations,- c0n'- str-uctionis and arrangements herein described andclaimed. f r

An object of the invention is to provide abrooder ha ving'housin-gstructure which maybe made up of -any "desired numberofcooperative sections so thatabrooder adapted. tohrouse' anygiveirnumber of chicks can r be provided according to the invention at a"relatively low costlandi' the capacity of a brooder embodyingtheinvention can be increased or decreased at will by Increasingordecreasingthenumber of, sections in the 'A further object of" theinventionis to providea brooder of the character described which affordsfacilities for heating to a de-" si-rable temperature both the groundsurface within tlie -.liou'sin.gof the brooder and the space within thebrooder housing proxi mate to the. ground surface irrespective of thesize of. the brooder housing. l i

Other objects and advantages of the .vention will be apparentfrom thefollowing "description,- consideredin con unction with the accompanyingdrawings, in whi-cl-n- 7 afront wal-l for the passage ofchicks, I

is a longitudinal vertical sec sist only of a box-like tion 1' comprisesa pair ofvertical wall and aslopi-ng roof or walls of the sectionpreferably arem'ade- Figure l is a'perspective View of a bro'oderembodying the invention;

i Figure 2 is a fragmentary face view of a side wall of the primarysection of the brooder housing, showing ventilating openings therein anda slide for 7 covering the openings, a hoodwhich normally overhangstheyventilating openings being omitted,

Figure 3' is a fragmentary perspective view of a frontwall-of oneofthe'housing sections, showing a carried thereby for closing an openingin the Figurejev tlon through the brooder,

Figure 5' is'a transverse vertical section,

V the View being taken substantially alongthe line 55 of Figure 4,

Figure' 6 is a relatively enlarged fragmen tary verticalsectiona-l viewof the fron-tpart of one of the sections of the breeder housing.-A'brood'er embodying the invention comprisesahousing which" may includeor cone;

section '1. The SGC-i 2 and- 3 respectively, a front wall 4', a rearwall 5 which is of less height than the front top wall 6; i The slidingdoor which is .vided for the side walls 7 1924. Serial no; 726,794.

of a light gauge metal, such as galvanized iron but may be made of anysuitable material, ad acent walls of the section being se- I curedtogether at'contigiious edges-thereof known manner and being braced attheir junc if desired. ,l'lhe side in any suitable l suitably reinforcedor t-ure with one another,

walls 2 are: form e'dwiththe upper-edges thereof-inclinedsuitably tocontact with and be joined to, the edges of 6; The side wall2 isprovided adjacent-to its upper edge with a-series of-spaced apartventilating openings 7 which may be closed by a sliding shutter 8-. Thelatter works inthe top Wall or roof 2' against the outer face ofthelatter.

7 guides 9 which arelsecured to the side wall hood or canopy 10 issecured, as at 11, to the top wall 6 at one end of the latter and in porsition to overhang the. space at the [outer ends of the ventilating 1openings 7 so that: n rance of rain, dust and. the like into the? Theside wall-3isprovided adjacent tointerior of the'sectiOnfLthrOugh theopen- I V ingsZ'is prevented. w

lower edge thereof and intermediate its length witl -a11;open-ingindicated at. 12in] Figure 4 for a" purpose to be hereinafter de=-scribed. The front wall dis; provided withl a. relatively large .openingwhich isv nora hinged door 13 having-a window 14 in the lower partthereof. The front wall at also is providedadjacentto its mally closedby lower endand adjacent to itsjnncture with the side wall 3 with arelatively smallv opening which may be closed by a horizontally sl-idable door or shutterlG, The back wall 5 is provided the front wall ofthe heater wi-llbe substantially flush with'the side, wall 2 oftlie section. The frontwaljl' of the heater is pro vided' with a fuel feedopening normally" closed by a door 21 and with a-lower opens thegroundsui'face 18 so that;

the section 1 intermediate the ends of the latter" and in" such:position that ad acent toitslower edge and adjacent to its juncture withthe side wall 2with an opening 17 which is similar to the opening 15 a 7door orshutter similar to the door or shuting through which ashes may beremoved, the lastnained opening normally being closed by a door 22. Anunderground conduit 23 extends horizontally from the back wall of theheater 19 transversely beneath the section 1 and laterally of thesection 1 to the lower end of a chimney or flue 2e into which itdischarges. a slight distance beneath the surface of the ground and isadapted to conduct smoke and heated gases of combustion from the heaterto the chimney. The ground surface above and adjacent to the conduit 23thus will be heated by heat from the products of combustion passingthrough the conduit 23 to the chimney 24; I I

A second conduit for conducting products of combustion from the heater19 to the chimney 24 comprises an elbow section 25 which is fitted t oneend in an opening in the upper part of the heater and extends above theheater into the interior of the section 1, and a plurality of straighttubular sections 26 together with unions or other suitable means forconnecting the sections of the last named conduit together detachably sothat the second named conduit will also conduct heated gases ofcombustion from the heater 19 to the chimney joined.

24 to which it lS The portion of the second named conduit which.comprises the straight length of tubes 26 is horizontal and is locatedabout i 6 above the ground surface and in position to extend through theopening 12 in the side wall 3 of the housing section '1. A hover plate27 which is convexo-concave in cross sectional contour extendstransversely of the housing section 1 and is supported upon the portionof the second named conduit that extends through the housing section 1,being disposed upon said conduit with the con vexly curved side of thehover plate up and being secured to said conduit by suitable clampingmeans, such as indicated at 28.

From the foregoing description of the various. parts of the device, theoperation thereof may be readily understood. -The chicks may restbeneath the hover plate and will be kept warm sin'ce'the air within thelower part of the brooder will be warmed by heat from plate tending todeflect the heat downward while the ground, beneath the hover plate willbe warmed by heat from the lower conduit. The heat within the section 1may be regulated through the use ofdampers in the conduit and of courseby regulating the heat which is permitted to pass from the heater in anysuitable known manner, as well asby manipulation of the shutter 8 whichcontrols the ventilating openings 7. The side wall 3 also is providedwith ventilating openings adjacent to the upper edge thereof asindicated at 29; j

The conduit 23 is located but;

the upper conduit, the hover number of auxiliary housing sectlons 30,

Each section differs from the section 1 only in that it is providedwithonlyione side wall. The same reference numerals have been used todesignate like parts of the housing section 1 and each auxiliary housingsection 3O. it will be observed thateachhousing section 30 has no sidewall corresponding to the side wall 2 of the section 1.

In assembling a housing made up of the section 1 and a plurality of theauxiliary sections 30 as illustrated inv Figures l and 4, the tubularsections of the upper conduit are detached from one another and theauxiliary sections are arranged in series wlth one another and with theprirmary section 1, the respective housing sections being disposed sideby side so that the side wall 8 of each section will serve as a closurefor the normallyv open side of the adjacent housing section, adjacenthousing sections being secured together in any suitable known manner.-With the arrangement just described, the openings 12 in the side walls 3of the respective sections will be in alignment and the upper conduitcan be assembled with the straight tubular sections thereof extendingtransversely across the spaces within the respective sections andthrough the openings 12 as shown in Figure 4:. One of the hovel" plates27 is provided for each of the auxiliary sections 30 and is secured uponthe portion of the upper conduit that extends across the space withinthe latter. The underground; conduit 23 extends transversely beneath allofv said housing sections. A

hood 31 similar to the hood 10 may be provided for the ventilatingopenings 29 in the side wall 3 of the auxiliary housing section which isremote from the main section 1. The operation of the brooder when thehousing thereof comprises the main section land one or more of theauxiliary sections 30 of course is identical in essential ,respectsiwiththe operation of the brooder when the housing thereof consists only ofthe section 1.

Obviously, my invention is susceptible of embodiment in forms other thanthat illustrated in the accompanying drawing and I therefore consider asmy own all such mod 7 ificationsand adaptations of the form of thedevice herein described as fairly fall within the scope of the appendedclaims.

I claim and being adapted to rest side wall thereof through which saidheater, pipe extends, a

' convexly curved surface thereof upperpipe extending;

- alongside of said, firstnamed 1. In a brooder, a'housing comprising abox-like structure walls, a back wall, a front wall and a top at;itslower end upon the ground, a heater disposed beneath said housingintermediate its ends and adjacent one side edge" thereof, a heater pipeextending from said heater transversely therethrough adjacent to saidground'surface, said housing having an opening in the remote from saidheater hover plate clamped upon said heater pipe within saidhousing,said hoverplate'beingarcuate in cross sectional contour and beingdisposed upon the-heater pipe with the most, and a second heater fromsaid heater transversely beneath said housing and beneath the'surface,of the ground, said second 7 disposed directly beneath the axis of'thefirst named heater pipe, said heater pipes extending'laterally of saidhousing structure, and an'auxiliary housing structure having side walland a back and auxiliary housing structure front wall, said beingdisposed housing struchim so that a side of thelatter will serve as aclosure for the normally open side of the auxiliary housing structure,said auxiliary housing structure having an openingin the side wallthereof through heating pipe may extend.

2. In a brooder, a box-like housing having a pair of vertical sideWalls, a-sloping roof,a back wall, and a front wall, said back and frontWalls having; normally closed openings at the lower edges thereof forthe wall having a relatively large openingand a hinged door for closingsaid opening, said side "walls having ventilating openingsformedtherethrough adjacent having a pair of side and a plurality namedheater pipe 1 having the axis thereof ing from said heater to a topwall, one

which said upper the i upper edge thereof,

sections, each including a side wall, a frontwall, a back wall and asloping roof, said auxiliary housing sections being disposed injuxtaposed relation at one side of said first of similar auxiliaryhousing named housing structure so that one side Wall of the first namedhousingstructure will close the normally open'side of the adjacentauxiliary housingstructure and the side wallofeach auxiliary housingstructure will close the normally open side of the auxiliary housingstructure proximate thereto, a "heater disposed beneath said first namedhousing structure, a flue disposed laterally of the I auxiliary housingstructure which is jremotejfrom the 60, {rst named housing structure, anunderground conduit ex tending from said heaterto' the lowe'rend of said'Vfluejtransversely beneath said housing structures,;and an upperconduit extendsald flue transversely through said housing structuresslightly above the groundsurface;

' i 3. In a brooder, a housing comprising a boxrhke structure open atits lower end and adapted to 'rest at-rits lower end upon the I heaterpip-e, extending from said" heater transversely of the housing adjacentto said ground surface,,a hover-platesecuredupon. 7

a source of heat at one end of the houswithin said housing, a seceground, a heater disposed within said hous- I lng ad acent to one edgeof the housing, a

ing with which the adjacent ends of both. of I said heaterpipesjcommunicate,"- and a flue at the opposite end of the housing with whichboth the heater pipes communicate.

JESSE JENKINS.

